Astros GM Brown on SCHN: Update on Hunter Brown, Rotation Plans
HOUSTON, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 7: Houston Astros GM Dana Brown speaks during a press conference announcing they agreed to a five-year contract extension for Jose Altuve at Minute Maid Park on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024, in Houston. The extension will cover seasons 2025-29.
Altuve entered this season (2024) in the final year of a seven-year contract extension that he signed on March 19, 2018. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Astros GM Dana Brown joined Todd Kalas and Julia Morales in the SCHN broadcast booth in the top of the 4th inning during today’s game. Kalas asked the GM about SP Hunter Brown going on the IL.
“We’re gonna remain optimistic,” Dana Brown said. “Hunter felt…pretty good. Ultimately, (Hunter) didn’t feel as bas as some of the …more devastating injuries feel.
He felt pretty confident that he was gonna be ok. When a player shows confidence like that, I feel a lot better. Now, we won’t know, of course, until he gets back to Houston…on Monday and we get him looked at.
” Morales then asked Dana Brown about what he may be thinking as far as options for the Astros rotation with Hunter Brown out. “It’s one of the reasons why we signed a lot of pitching last offseason. You gotta have depth.